English Reading Comprehension

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English Reading Comprehension

Key points + Practice

Reading comprehension is the first part of the UT1 English paper. This chapter summarises the common question types and answering techniques, with a sample passage and practice.

🔍 1. Steps for Reading Comprehension

Step 1: read the questions before the passage.

Step 2: skim the passage quickly to get the main idea.

Step 3: scan for the key words and the sentences that contain the answers.

Step 4: use the words from the passage; do not rely on your own general knowledge.

Step 5: check your answers for grammar, including tense, singular/plural forms and capital letters.

❓ 2. Common Question Types

1. Detail questions: Who / When / Where / What / How many - the answer can usually be found directly in the passage.

2. Main idea questions: What is the passage mainly about? - look at the first and last paragraphs.

3. Vocabulary questions: What does the word 'X' mean? - use the context.

4. Inference questions: What can we infer / conclude? - the answer is not stated directly; you must use clues.

5. Writer's attitude questions: How does the writer feel? - look at the adjectives.

6. Reference questions: What does 'it / they / this' refer to? - look back for the nearest noun.

7. True / False questions: compare each statement with the passage.

⚠️ 3. Where Marks Are Commonly Lost

1. Copying only part of an answer, so it is incomplete.

2. When the question says 'according to the passage', using your own words instead of the words in the passage.

3. Missing negative words: not, never, hardly, without.

4. Missing contrast words: but, however, although - the key point often comes after them.

5. Copying an answer without changing the person or the tense.

📝 例題

例題 1：Read the passage and answer.

Tom is a Secondary One student. He lives in Sha Tin with his parents and his younger sister. Every morning, he takes the MTR to school. He usually gets up at six thirty because he likes to have breakfast at home. Tom's favourite subject is Integrated Science. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up. Last Sunday, he went hiking with his family. They climbed a hill near Tai Po and took many photos. Tom was very tired but happy.

Question: How does Tom go to school?

例題 2：Using the same passage: What can we infer about Tom?

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